The menus for all buttons and cell entries are activated by right clicking
on them.
Columns (above tableau)
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Highlight Column - changes the background color of every cell
in the column for emphasis (toggles on/off); useful for classroom discussions.
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Delete Column - deletes the column from the tableau; one can
continue to pivot in the tableau without errors.
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Add Column Before - inserts an empty column into the tableau
to the left of the given column; this is usually done while
constructing the original tableau or modifying a copied tableau
(if done after several pivots then further pivots will most likely
not be integral); also useful when adding cutting planes for
integer optimization problems, but you can add a row simulaneously
with the cell button Add Row and Column After instead.
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Add Column After - inserts an empty column into the tableau
to the right of the given column; this is usually done while
constructing the original tableau or modifying a copied tableau
(if done after several pivots then further pivots will most likely
not be integral); also useful when adding cutting planes for
integer optimization problems, but you can add a row simulaneously
with the cell button Add Row and Column After instead.
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Fill Column with 0s - enters 0 in each cell of the column;
useful for sparse matrix construction or new slack columns.
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Fill Column with 1s - enters 1 in each cell of the column;
useful for setting up an auxiliary problem.
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Mark as Free Variable - marks the column as corresponding to a
free variable by putting a red F on the
column button (togges on/of); the F will
remain red until a pivot is performed in the column, at which point it
will change to (and remain) a green F;
useful for remembering to pivot a free variable into the basis and
also never to pivot it out.
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